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THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE CHAPLIN.
By FRED KARNO.
SUPPOSE I may fairly lay claim
Well, time went on, and the pic-
to be the only man living ture craze started with very crude
doing who is able to tell the real story photo-plays, as they were called at of how and why Charlie Chaplin the time. I was thon was lost to Britain, and to the big business with American manaTM gora, exporting my English auc- cosses to the United States, where When his brother Sydney was they were eagerly snapped up, stage proper.
me about twenty One of them, known all
The forthcoming wedding is an nounced of Mr. Evaristo Euroblo dos Remedios, No. 17, Nanking Street, Kowloon, to Miss Carolina Maria working for
me to give Charlie a clance in oz for eight weeks, and stayed for Viera Ribeiro, No. 3, Granville Road, years ago he was always pestering or on "Mumming Birda," went Kowloon.
Arrested at the Kowloon-Canton Railway Station with it taels of raw oplam in his possesalon, a Chinese, Chan Wing, was produced before Mr. this morning, and fined $450, or three Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magistracy months' imprisonment.
1
My manager sent me cable after
the Liberal Party is already in process of diasolution, and would not be at all unexpected
of my companios. I was quite some of the prominent members
willing to do so, but for a time the nine years.
Now there was a man là Lus went over to the Conservatives
best I could offer him was what la and another section became
called "crowd work" in the films Angeles named Mack Sennett, whose ideas of humour and my norbed by Labour. In such
and "supering" on the stage.
own wore closely related. Mr. I watched him closely, however,
Sonnett was busily engaged, us event, Mr. Lloyd George would
and, as soon as opportunity oc- curred, I put him into my Foot-producor for the Keystone Film n series of | appear to and a much more con- genial home amongst Mr. Ramsay
A middle-aged Chinese committed ball Match" sketch, in which the Company, in doing
that the comedians I sent out from MacDonald and his colleagues suicide from the Yaumati Ferry Man late Harry Weldon appeared as broadly comic films, and he found than ever he could with the Con-Tak as it was approaching the Hong. "Stiffy, the Goalkeeper." and gavo England were just the kind he kong Pier at 8 p.m. yesterday. He him the part of a sort of burlesque wanted, and he was able to offer jumped overboard and although the villain, who was always trying to them enlaries which I could only
was stopped and a search tempt "Stiffy with promises of launch made, no trace of the man was found untold wealth, beyond the dreams pay by currying on my business
of avarice, to sell the match. at a big loss, Chan Sheung and Wong Kam plead kept an eye in him on this part, After Two Years. has somewhat naturally raised the
that, ed guilty before Mr. Hamilton, at the question of the possibility of the Kowloon Mingistracy this morning, to and came to the conclusion
charges of larceny and good as he was,, there was a lot Liberal lender being offered that respective
to feel the stralu. At last, with post, but we should imagine that receiving of 40 bags of cement train more in him than appeared on the cable for fresh men, and I bogan.
the Tung Nam contractors shed in surface.
мете I was prothicing another show many misgivings. I decided to
asend Charlie Chaplin over. there is not a great likelihood of Prince Edward. Road. They
each sentenced to three weeks impri-called "dimmy, the Teacher," MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT.
sonment. such a quick change-over.
semi-humorous, semi-pathetic story wanted to keep him in England bave
of a lad who, imbued with ideas very badly. I believed in him. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Ho Kwong have
Liberats journals
Then was a most enjoyable con-he had picked up from reading thought he was going to be my And before of the biggest star later on. pleasure in announcing that
cert at the Helena May Institute last
dreadfuls" the marriage of their eldest some considerable time been com-
remember that a big chance daughter Mary in Mr. Sal-Wamenting rather freely on the pro- evening, when the Collegian Glee period, dreamed of marvellous he left, I told him so, and begged Liang. B. A. Oxon., will take
Liberal-Labour Singers made a hig hit in the first bability of /n
part of the programme. Other con-deeds he had performed, deeds of him
Mr. valour incredible, that brought him awaited him on his return home. place on Monday, 30th March.
himself when a Reception will be held fusion, and one pointer in that tributors were Madame Huke,
R. Dudley Bartlett, Mr. Winrahm and the heart and band of the heroine, Charlie told me I need have no of the direction has been the amalgams- Mrs. Koop, with Mrs. Scott Little as the paternal blessing, and the fear. He couldn't see
acting before a camera. He said millionaire, at the Roof Garden
wealth of Hongkong Hotel at four
he hated the very idea, and I be- tion of The Nation (Liberal) and the accompanist,
lieve he told the truth. o'clock the aume afternoon.
The New Statesman Labour). It
Succumbing to injuries caused Something Went Wrong,
Well, he went over to New York, All friends are cordially in
has been frankly admitted, how-through a rock falling on him in a
I offered the part to Charlie, ex- vited to the Reception. No
big success. As soon as he got cards will be issued,
ever, that one of the difficulties quarry on the Taipo Road, yesterda
the body of an earth-carrying coolle, pecting that he would jump at the and, as I anticipated, he was a would be the future of Mr. Lloyd Lau Knu, of the Foo On matshed, of opportunity, but, to my surprise out West Sennett was after him,
I'don't George As a former Premier Castle Peak Rond, was removed to the he didn't seem at all keen.
Kowloon Mortuary. The man ind mind confessing that I was a little but Charilo turned him down, And and still one of the leading poli-been working in the quarry when the bit "huffed." An offer of such a he kept on turning him down, and
the. price
went up. Charlie stuck been rock became dislodged and felt an top chance from Fred Karna was, in the more he did so so the more out tickets of the day, it has
those days, a somewhat rere op- hinted that he could hardly be ex-
portunity, so I gave the part to by me for two solid In a communication from the Chan-Start Jefferson, another promis-there, but at last he gave way, and consent pected to
to occupy
cery of the Order, St. John's Gate,
the company in Kansas City, and subsidiary position under Mr. Gierkenwell, London, and dated 17 ing recruit, who, as Stan Laurel who could blame him? He left
and wait for a new man. Ramsay MacDonald, Events have. February, the Assistant Commissioner of Laurel and Hardy, is
Laurol was a great success, and has been informed that at a meeting none the less, been moving rapid-f the St. John Ambulance Brigade bir favourite with picture goare. they had to return to Philadelphia ly of late, and we imagine that of the Council of the Grand Priory Charlie expressed his regret to Dreamer Always.
in the British Reale of the Venerable me, so later on I placed Laurel What happened afterwards the even Mr. Lloyd George must be Order of the Hospital of St. John of elsewhere and put Chaplin into Few people will be surprised at beginning to realise that there is Jerusalem, Dr. W. B. A. Moorn has the part I had all the while in-whole world knows. He didn't been nominated for the rank ofteniled him to play. His opening stay with Sennett very long. He Fiorito's Orchestra the developments which are tak-mail chance of his Party coming Serving Brother and Mr. Chak Tai-light was at the Alhambra Thea- went from one management to
ing place in political circles at into power again. Offered a sufl kwong for the rank of Associate tre, Bradford, and he fulfilled all other, till the fifteen pounds a than week I was paying him went up hopes. He was my
to fifteen hundred, and at lost he Home tending to suggest the posciently important post, therefore, eintion with the Order dates back to good. He was great.. Ho sible elimination of the Liberal
be might well feel disposed to 1900 and Mr. Chak's to 1010.
colossal. He foreshadowed that became too big for any manage- night the greatness he was after-mont to tackle, and decided to run Party as a distinct entity. It has
threw in his lot with Labour. The
his friende, in conjunction with wards to achieve.
and Mary long been apparent that there are next few days will be decisive on patient and a comprehensive efort Feeling very pleased with my; Pickford.
Douglas Fairbanks serious divergencies between op- many of those points. The logical cleanse the City Administration self, I invited all the managers 1 I saw Charlie for the first time posing factions of the Party solution of the present-political may come -The---view--generally could get to come and sou his
for many years. in Hollywood last whilst the results of recent, bye-impasse would be the disappear-held is that Mr. Walker would performance on the second night. year. He made me very welcome elections have clearly indicated once of the Liberal Party, with a the right man in the right place. They all turned up-and he was and I was truly the "honoured I could not possibly dea- were he allowed to do his job in just as bad as he was brilliant at guest."
cribe in a few lines the the initial show. that voters do not seem to find
luxury You see, all geniuses are tom-and any real place for Liberalism i
his own way. Such a chance may
of himself and the other un- come with Governor Roosevelt who perament, and even in those early and magnificence of the surround-
ear-nge o the political life of the nation.
crowned kings of the picture. is taking an interest in the matter.days Charlle had all the
world. But to me he was just the Since the Labour Government
as the peculiar position obtains that marks of
What I never knew, 10
same simple, dreaming, comic- eame into power, and even before,
the Legislature of New York State whether something happened in pathetic Charlie Chaplin of the it has again and again been illus-
ean, should it choose, order an in-the day to upset him, whether he old Fred Karno days, the Charlle trated foal for all essential pur-
New York's Little Thrill,
vestigation of New York City's' ad- was frightened of his own success,
the week dressed much like his without consulting whether it was second-night over- Chaplin who would go about in preses the Liberal and the Labour
The inquisitiveness of a few of ministration
private that organisation. Interesting deconfidence ta common complaint tramp in the films, but who ap outlooks are identical. Certainly New York's leading
is the Charlie the general policies of the Mac-citizens premises to make things a velopments are foreshadowed, and with actors) or whether
life to-day. Chaplin of private ever remain a mystery. I don't and debonair as Donald Administration do not dif- trifle
uncomfortable for Mayor things will probably happen unlit just pure cussedness, will for Peared at the Sunday train spruce
suppose Charlie himself knows!
Visionary and dreamer as he was fer fundamentally from those Jimmy Walker, although sufficient public apathy again predominates.
then, so he is to-day. which we have in days past come credit must be allowed the power
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LIBERALISM IN THE
BALANCE.
i
reversion to the Two-Party 958- tem, which is far more in accord with British tradition than creation of new political units.
the
to associate with Liberalism. It of Tammany Hall to stave off the na-
has
situation
of the
tural consequence, other perhaps, which Is, indeed, this fact
than a temporary embarrassment caused Sir Oswald Mosier
and
which must be caused to a gentle- other Left Winst Labourites to
man in Mr. Walker's position. His never their connexion with the conduct in office has been described Labour Party. The
as incompetent, ineillclent and fu could, perhaps, be explained in tile. and the indictment suggests another way by saying that La-that the examination of the ad- bour to-day is the Liberalism of ministration has been fairly thor yesterday. That being the case,ough. Probably there is no city in there is no real justification for the world in quite the same posl. 'ion as New York. The best way the continued existence
f putting it is that very little goes i Liberal Party.
on in the great metropolis without In one sense, the Liberals have the knowledge of Tammany Hall. contributed to their own undoing Recently, the city has been "inves by tacitly endorsing Labour's gen-tigating" its courts and its police, eral programme to the extent of some. of whom have been on trial, keeping the Government In office, while Tammany pretends startled thereby further contributing to innocence and simultaneously con- tinues its inquiries into the scandal the impression that there is no marked difference, if any at all, of the Bank of the United States. Most of the police officers accused between the two Parties. This
are to be acquitted, because evi- course has not commended itself dance against them cannot be found, to all Liberale, witness the deci-this having been assured. at one sion some months ago by Sir John stroke by the "mysterious dianp Simon to vote on Parliamentary pearance" of about forty prospec monsures just as he sees fit. Intive witnesser. The bank scandal notifying this resolve to Mr.has revealed financial methods pre- Lloyd George, Sir John intimated viously unknown, even to Tammany though its political ramifications that "the plain courae fa the boat are plentiful and apparently inox- and treties must take care of haustible. So far, Tammany has themselves," Other Liberals whose kept out of it and the investiga- viewpoint is the same as that oftion goes on. But public opinion Bir John Bimon include Sir Ro- has been growing steadily more im.
of him,
Serving Brother. Dr. Moore's taED-
going to be so much, sasi riven me thei
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ciato a good thing when they've got it," said the American gloomily. He went an to lustrato,
"Just take all this fuss about the Sunday cinemas. It isn't that you Edinburgh folk are tired of the Church, and are all clamour- Ing for talkles. If that was the case, you would have got them long ago. But the one is new, and the other isn't and the novelty
If Bocret- Ho
draw.zed upwards, a
ly marvelling. "The novelty of it! I guess that would tickle the folks back home in New York, For, you know, Sunday Is Broadway's busiest day. At six o'clock.on a of Avenue evening, that
Bent is one blaze of
and one jostling: mase of people all going to the movies. But do they get much fun out of it? I'll say "not. Because, you see, it isn't much of a novelty
to
to leaned forward. "I'll tell you what I did last Sunda novelty went to
churches. It was place, down one o treets, well away
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